RTE in Crisis

Ryan Tubridy had no involvement in €120k understatement of RTÉ wages - Grant Thornton

New report highlights ‘poor governance’ and ‘failures in the finance function’ at national broadcaster, RTÉ says

Ryan Tubridy, RTÉ presenter. Picture: Maura Hickey

A report into how presenter Ryan Tubridy’s salary was under-declared by €120,000 between 2017 and 2019 has confirmed accountancy errors and poor management controls at RTÉ.

The report confirms that the Board of RTÉ was correct in restating Tubridy’s publicly disclosed earnings for the period between 2017 and 2019.

The report also finds that neither Tubridy nor his agent, Noel Kelly, “had any involvement” in the adjustments for the period between 2017 and 2019, RTÉ ...